Student Arrested With Knife

The Boy, 10, Was Flashing The Knife On A School Bus, Deputies Said.

HOLLY HILL — A 10-year-old Hurst Elementary School student was arrested Thursday morning after showing off a knife on his school bus, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported.

The Daytona Beach boy told administrators he brought the folding knife to school to protect himself from another student. He was flashing the knife on the bus until several students told the bus driver, sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said. The driver then notified school officials.

The boy was charged with a felony count of possessing a weapon on school property and taken to the county's juvenile detention facility in Daytona Beach.

It wasn't clear what the nature of the boy's conflict with the other student was, or whether he'd been in trouble before.

Hurst Elementary Principal Michael Mongelli declined to comment.

Volusia school sistrict spokeswoman Kathy Catron said the district's policy on students who have been arrested is to suspend them from school and recommend expulsion.